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This article explains how to setup a new installation of Apache with our default Research branded index page. Our index page uses server side includes to get the hostname of the machine so this must be configured.

This configuration is written for SuSE and Gentoo, with Apache >=apache-2.0.53.

== Enable Includes in Default VHost ==

'''SuSE'''

/etc/apache2/default-server.conf
 <Directory "/srv/www/htdocs">
    Options Includes
    DirectoryIndex index.shtml index.html index.html.var
 </Directory>

'''Gentoo'''

An unused setup should have DEFAULT_VHOST option set in: /etc/conf.d/apache2:
 APACHE2_OPTS="-D DEFAULT_VHOST"
/etc/apache2/vhosts.d/00_default_vhost.conf
Make sure 'Options' has 'Includes'
 <Directory "/var/www/localhost/htdocs">
    Options Includes
    DirectoryIndex index.shtml index.html
 </Directory>

=== AddType ===
In /etc/apache2/mod_mime-defaults.conf OR /etc/apache2/httpd.conf uncomment:
 AddType text/html .shtml
 AddOutputFilter INCLUDES .shtml

=== Copy Default Research Webpage ===
Change to your root web directory, /var/www/localhost/htdocs or /srv/www/htdocs
 # cd /var/www/localhost/htdocs
 # scp -p root@tirpitz:/home/projects/infrastructure/htdocs/share/index.shtml .

=== Restart Apache ===
 # /etc/init.d/apache2 restart